Seleucid Lineage

The Seleucids being generals would form a strong military, and having a very large empire, would have to bring in mercenaries from other countries to supplement their own empire to keep what they had. The empire and kings would signify a constant decline as parts would revolt, and in little more than 200 years, the empire would only contain Syria, and by 63 CE, when the Hasmonean dynasty started, the last Seleucid died off and their empire was gone. The empire had 2 main formsof religion, the pagan greek, and the Zoroastrian dualistic (Good versus Evil) that in some ways would play an interesting part in Gnostic theology in the 1 century and 2^nd century CE

There is a good link of information to look at this empire at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucid_Empire

Seleucid LINEAGE

1. Seleucus I
Nicator
[312 - 282 BCE]

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2. Antiochus I
Soter
[280 - 261 BCE]

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3. Antiochus II
Theos
[261 - 246 BCE]

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4. Seleucus II
Callinicus
[246 - 226 BCE]

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Hierax

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5. Seleucus III
Soter
[226-223 BCE]

6. Antiochus III
"the Great"
[223-187 BCE]

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Ptolemy V
Epiphanes

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7. Seleucus IV
Philopator
[187 - 175 BCE]

8. Antiochus IV
Epiphanes
[175-164 BCE]

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Ptolemy VI
Philometor

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10. Demetrius I
Soter
[162 - 150 BCE]

9. Antiochus V
Eupator
[164 - 162 BCE]

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11. Alexander
Balas
[150 - 145 BCE]

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Cleopatra
Thea
[125 - 96 BCE]

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13. Demetrius II
Nicator
[146-139, 129-125 BCE]

15. Antiochus VII
Sidetes
[138 -129 BCE]

14. Trypho
[142 - 138 BCE]

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12. Antiochus VI
[ 145 BCE]

Seleucus V
[125 BCE]

16. Antiochus VIII
Grypus
[125 - 96 BCE]

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17. Antiochus IX
Cyzicenus
[116 - 95 BCE]

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Seleucus VI
[95 - 94 CE]

Antiochus XI
[94 - 92 BCE]

19. Philip I
Philadelphus
[92 - 83 BCE]

19. Demetrius III
Eucerus
[92 - 87 BCE]

Antiochus
XII
[87 - 83 BCE]

18. Antiochus X
Eusebes
[94 - 88 BCE]

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20. Cleopatra
Selene
[88 - 69 BCE]

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21. Tigranes II
of Armenia
[83 - 69 BCE]

23. Philip II
Philoromaeus
[66 - 63 BCE]

22. Antiochus XIII
Asiaticus
[88 - 64 BCE]

Pompey
[63 - 48 BCE]

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